Photo by Senior Airman Erin Piazza | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Combat Camera | 11.01.2017
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) East African Response Force (EARF), fire M240 weapons systems and practice maneuvers Nov. 1, 2017, in Djibouti, Africa. The purpose of the EARF is to rapidly provide tailorable packages of forces to protect American interests on the continent of Africa should any threats arise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior......
Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.27.2015
A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires rounds at a target 300 yards out with an M240 Bravo medium machine gun during a machine-gun shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 27, 2015. “We have some guys that just came out of School of Infantry,” said Lance Cpl. Brett Collum, a fire team leader with the unit. “So it’s their first time doing a range in the......
Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.27.2015
A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepares to fire at a target 300 yards out with an M240 Bravo medium machine gun during a machine-gun shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 27, 2015. “We have some guys that just came out of School of Infantry,” said Lance Cpl. Brett Collum, a fire team leader with the unit. “So it’s their first time doing a range in the......
Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.27.2015
A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires an M240 Bravo medium machine gun during a machine-gun shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 27, 2015. Lance Cpl. Brett Collum, a team leader with the unit said the range will consist of zeroing the M240’s, conducting an unknown distance range, day and night shoot as well as tryouts for billets. Zeroing is the process of......
Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.27.2015
A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires rounds at a target 300 yards out with an M240 Bravo medium machine gun during a machine-gun shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 27, 2015. Lance Cpl. Brett Collum, a team leader with the unit said the range will consist of zeroing the M240’s, conducting an unknown distance range, day and night shoot as well as tryouts......
Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.27.2015
A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, loads rounds into an M240 Bravo medium machine gun during a machine gun shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 27, 2015. “Right now we just got a drop of new Marines,” said 1st Lt. Joseph Jansen, the Weapons Platoon commander with the unit. “We’re trying to figure out who’s going to fall in with which billets. So......
Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.27.2015
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, perform immediate action drills with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon light machine gun during a machine-gun shoot aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 27, 2015. “We have some guys that just came out of School of Infantry,” said Lance Cpl. Brett Collum, a team leader with the unit. “So it’s their first time doing a range in the......
